When was Cartesi founded?

Cartesi was founded in 2017 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Cartesi located?

Cartesi is headquartered in Singapore, Singapore.

How many employees does Cartesi have?

As of Jun 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Cartesi is 39.

Is Cartesi a funded company?

Cartesi is a funded company, having raised an undisclosed amount across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Dec 05, 2018.

When was the latest funding round of Cartesi?

Cartesi's latest funding was a $***** ICO round on Apr 22, 2020, with participation from 0 investor.

Where does Cartesi rank among its competitors?

Cartesi ranks 8th amongst 60 active competitors, of which 15 are funded. It stands 10th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Orochi Network, which secured an undisclosed amount in Feb, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Cartesi?

Cartesi's top competitors include Spydra, Orochi Network and Hiro. Among them, Orochi Network secured the most recent funding round in February, 2025.

Cartesi - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Cartesi is an application development platform. It is a layer-2 blockchain platform for the development and deployment of decentralized applications. It enables external computations to run on a RISC-V processor under a Linux operating system. External computations can be verified externally by the involved parties and disputes are settled automatically by Cartesi.

Website: cartesi.io
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Founded Year

2017

Location

Singapore, Singapore

Stage

Seed

Latest Funding Round

ICO, Apr 22, 2020, $*****

Investors

Orbit Ventures & 7 more

Ranked

8^th among 60 active competitors

Employee Count

39 as on Jun 30, 2026

Similar Companies

Spydra & 78 more

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Cartesi is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
CARTESI FOUNDATION LTD. CIN: 201912139W , Singapore, Active	Apr 14, 2019	-	-

Cartesi has raised funding over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 05, 2018. Cartesi has 8 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Cartesi:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Apr 22, 2020	6560999	ICO	5318434	1113618	7397715	1030029
Dec 05, 2018	4683054	Seed	1170543	2950094	8185953	Orbit Ventures

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The founders of Cartesi are Marco Mirabella, Diego Nehab, Erick Moura, Augusto Teixeira and Colin Steil.

Here are the details of Cartesi's key team members:

Marco Mirabella: Co-Founder of Cartesi and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Diego Nehab: Co-Founder & CTO of Cartesi. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Erick Moura: Co-Founder & CEO of Cartesi. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Augusto Teixeira: Co-Founder & CSO of Cartesi. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Colin Steil: Co-Founder of Cartesi.
Contact Info: 1 email address

Cartesi's Board of Directors

Cartesi's board has 4 active members. Diego Nehab, Erick Moura and Augusto Teixeira are part of team and Ling Ming Kee Rachel is independent board member.

Here is the list of Cartesi's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Diego Nehab	Team	-	Current	7y 3m
Erick Moura	Team	-	Current	7y 3m
Augusto Teixeira	Team	-	Current	7y 3m
Ling Ming Kee Rachel	Independent board member	-	Current	5y 1m
semuxvz	Independent board member	-	Past	3y 8m

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Cartesi's employee count trend

Cartesi has 39 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Cartesi's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Cartesi include Spydra, Orochi Network and Hiro. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Cartesi, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Spydra 2021, Austin (United States), Seed	API driven Decentralization-as-a-Service platform	$1.86M	Logx Venture Partners, Singularity AMC & 4 others	61/100
2nd	Orochi Network 2021, Singapore, Seed	Online platform offering blockchain infrastructure solutions	$12M	Smape capital, Ethereum Foundation & 9 others	48/100
3rd	Hiro 2013, New York City (United States), Funding Raised	Decentralized platform for building apps, smart contracts, and digital assets	-	Rising Tide Fund, Digital Currency Group & 1 others	46/100
4th	Celer Network 2018, Singapore (Singapore), Funding Raised	Blockchain-based application development platform	-	Binance Labs, DHVC & 22 others	46/100
5th	Dispatch 2017, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Protocol blockchain based on delegated asynchronous proof of stake consensus mechanism	$18M	Fenbushi Capital, Zorax Capital	45/100
6th	SpaceChain 2017, Singapore (Singapore), Funding Raised	Decentralized satellite network	-	ESA, Hub71 & 1 others	45/100
7th	Simbachain 2017, Plymouth (United States), Series A	Provider of blockchain platform for enterprise supply chain tracking and regulatory compliance	$27.6M	Elevate Ventures, Valley Capital Partners ... & 15 others	44/100
8th	Cartesi 2017, Singapore (Singapore), Seed	Application development platform	-	Orbit Ventures, SNZ & 6 others	43/100
9th	Gear 2021, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Blockchain-based smart contract platform for developing dApps	$12M	Blockchange, Three Arrows Capital & 8 others	39/100
10th	Waterfall 2020, Singapore (Singapore), Series A	Smart contract platform for the development of various decentralized applications	$13.6M	Bytetrade Lab, Enflux & 3 others	39/100